Direct proof of use
SMArt 155 appears in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War record through official German transfer listing, SIPRI transfer data, and imagery-based reporting from Ukrainian service. The German federal government's Ukraine aid list includes delivered 155 mm precision ammunition, naming SMArt and VULCANO under artillery support, while SIPRI records a 2022 German transfer of 100 second-hand DM702 SMART-155 guided shells to Ukraine.
The field-use evidence is more specific than the transfer listings. The Armourer's Bench identified German DM702/SMArt 155 shells in Ukrainian PzH 2000 context, including a shell visible in a 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade video posted on May 16, 2023, and later cited archive footage of SMArt 155 top-attack ammunition fired from a PzH 2000 of the same brigade. Militarnyi separately reported that Ukrainian artillerymen of the 43rd Artillery Brigade showed footage of SMArt 155 rounds in the Soledar area.
Sources: German Ukraine Military Assistance List, SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Top Attack SMArt155 In Ukraine, Militarnyi SMArt 155 Soledar Report
Timeline
The supported sequence starts with transfer in 2022, when Germany supplied DM702 SMART-155 guided shells to Ukraine during the full-scale invasion phase. Publicly visible Ukrainian-service evidence followed in 2023, when reporting identified DM702/SMArt 155 imagery and Ukrainian PzH 2000 use.
By January 2024, Defense Express reported Rheinmetall-linked battlefield feedback that paired Ukrainian appreciation of the PzH 2000 with the accuracy of the SMArt 155 sensor-fuzed anti-armor munition. That report does not replace the imagery evidence, but it supports the same operational context: Ukrainian 155 mm artillery using SMArt 155 as a specialized anti-armor round.
Sources: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Top Attack SMArt155 In Ukraine, Defense Express PzH 2000 Barrel Report
Battlefield role
In Ukrainian service, SMArt 155 is documented as a limited 155 mm sensor-fuzed anti-armor projectile rather than ordinary high-explosive artillery ammunition. The cited Ukraine evidence links the round mainly to PzH 2000 employment, while Rheinmetall and GD-OTS background describe the munition as a fire-and-forget projectile carrying two autonomous top-attack submunitions for armored targets.
The public evidence does not support a complete count of Ukrainian fire missions or delivered rounds beyond SIPRI's 100-round transfer entry. It does support Ukraine as the user, Germany as the donor, PzH 2000 as a documented firing context, and the munition's theater role as precision anti-armor fire support.
Sources: Top Attack SMArt155 In Ukraine, Defense Express PzH 2000 Barrel Report, Rheinmetall Artillery Technology Page, GD-OTS SMArt 155 Data Sheet, SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
